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Full name Virender Sehwag
Born October 20, 1978, Delhi
Current age 28 years 279 days
Major teams India, ACC Asian XI, Delhi, ICC World XI, Leicestershire, Rajasthan Cricket Association President’s XI

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm offbreak

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Virender Sehwag is a primal talent whose rough edges make him all the more appealing. By the time he had scored his first centuries in one-day cricket (off 70 balls, against New Zealand) and Test cricket (on debut, against South Africa, from 68 for 4), he was already eliciting comparisons with his idol Sachin Tendulkar. It is half true. Like Tendulkar, he is short and square with curly hair, plays the straight drive, backfoot punch and whip off the hips identically, but leaves Tendulkar in the shade when it comes to audacity.
Asked to open the innings in Tests on the tour of England in 2002, Sehwag proved an instant hit, cracking an 80 and a 100 in the first two matches. Regularly thereafter, he kept conjuring pivotal innings at the top of the order, none as significant as India’s first 300 (which he bought up, characteristically, with a six), at Multan against Pakistan in early 2004.
Sehwag bowls effective, loopy offspin, and is a reliable catcher in the slips. He also once almost split the cricket world: when he was banned for a match by the ICC referee Mike Denness on grounds of excessive appealing, the Indian board wasn’t prepared to listen, and even played an unofficial Test with South Africa to prove a point. When a compromise was finally reached, Sehwag was back to his merry ways.
Though he continued to dominate in the Test arena, Sehwag’s one-day form dipped alarmingly - after January 2004, he went through a period of 60 matches where he averaged under 29. Despite his fitness levels dropping and his one-day spot being under threat - he was dropped from the side for the home series against West Indies in early 2007 - Sehwag continued to sparkle in Tests, as shown by his magnificent 254 at Lahore. In June, he came excruciatingly close to scoring a century before lunch in the first day against West Indies in St Lucia, a feat never accomplished before by an Indian batsman.

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• Abhishek Says:
  July 27th, 2007 at 8:00 pm

  thanks for the videos !

  he used to be amazing .. miss his style !
  hope he will be back with a bang soon

• david Says:
  July 29th, 2007 at 2:48 pm

  PLEASE PUT INDIA VS ENGLAND 2 TEST MATCH VIDEOS

• Robin Says:
  July 29th, 2007 at 5:05 pm

  please post second test highlights. thank you.